The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2025 in the violin and piano trio categories
Press release from 01/21/2025
The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2025 ended with a spectacular final concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin on Sunday evening.
This year, the competition was held in the violin and piano trio categories. In the final round of the solo category and the final prizewinners' concert, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin performed under the direction of Simon Gaudenz. This year's prizewinners are:
VIOLINE
First prize (Mendelssohn Prize, EUR 6,000)
Tsukushi Sasaki (Lübeck University of Music)
Second prize (Prize of the Federal President, EUR 4,000)
Alexandra Weissbecker (Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin)
Third prize (Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold Foundation,
2,000 EUR)
Maya Wichert (Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media)
Special Prize Interpretation Commissioned Work
(Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold-Foundation, 500 EUR)
Daniil Gonobolin (Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin)
The commissioned work "Reflections sur Versailles for violin solo" was composed by Aziza Sadikova.
Prizes of the Walter Kaminsky Foundation (500 EUR each)
Anton Carus (Munich University of Music and Theatre)
Hanna-Rosa Emilsson (Berlin University of the Arts)
Jiaqi Lu (Freiburg University of Music)
Leyang Tang (Berlin University of the Arts)
PIANO TRIO
First prize (Mendelssohn Prize, EUR 6,000)
Bernstein Trio (Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin)
Second prize (Prize of the Federal President, EUR 4,000)
Trio Brontë (Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin)
Third Prize (Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold-Foundation,
2.000 EUR)
KaleidoTrio (Hochschule für Musik Detmold)
Special Prize Interpretation Commissioned Work
(Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold Foundation, EUR 1,000)
Bernstein Trio (Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin)
The commissioned work "Dream Concentrate for Piano Trio" was composed by Zara Ali.
Prize of the Friends of Young Musicians Germany
(EUR 6,000)
Bernstein Trio (Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin)
The competition is organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts. The artistic director is Ulf Werner, orchestra director of the Konzerthaus Berlin. The patron of the competition is Andris Nelsons, Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. This year's jury chairs were Franziska Hölscher (violin) and Wolf Harden (piano trio).
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Partners and sponsors of the competition
- Konzerthaus Berlin
- Society for the Exploitation of Neighbouring Rights
- Friends of Young Musicians Berlin
- Friends of Young Musicians Germany
- Elsa-Wera-Arnold-Foundation
- PrimaLaMusica Foundation
- Walter Kaminsky Foundation
- Mendelssohn Society e. V., Berlin
- International Mendelssohn Festival
- bpk picture agency
- emphasises
- Daily Mirror
- radio3 from rbb
- Deutschlandfunk Kultur
- reservix